Hear it pronounced1470
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s |
| Years: | 1467 1468 1469 - 1470 - 1471 1472 1473 |
| 1470 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1470 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[ Events of 1470
- March 12 - Wars of the Roses - Battle of Lose-coat Field: The House of York defeats the House of Lancaster.
- March 20 - The Battle of Nibley Green in England is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates.
- May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden, who had served three terms as King of Sweden, dies. Sten Sture the Elder becomes Regent of Sweden.
- October - A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward's former ally, the Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law Charles the Bold of Burgundy.
- October 30 - Warwick releases Henry VI of England from the Tower and restores him to the throne.
- King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the city of Arzila in North Africa.
- The first contact occurs between Europeans and the Fante nation of the Gold Coast, when a party of Portuguese land and meet with the King of Elmina (see also History of Ghana).
- Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book that same year.
- In Tonga, in or around 1470, the Tu'i Tonga dynasty cedes its temporal powers to the Tu'i Ha'atakalaua dynasty, which will remain prominent until about 1600.
[ Ongoing Events
- Between 1470 and 1700, 8,888 witches are tried in the Swiss Confederation; 5,417 of them are executed.
| Gregorian calendar | 1470 MCDLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2223 |
| Armenian calendar | 919 ԹՎ ՋԺԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -374 – -373 |
| Berber calendar | 2420 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2014 |
| Burmese calendar | 832 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6978 – 6979 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年十一月廿九日 (4106/4166-11-29) — to —
庚寅年十二月初十日(4107/4167-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 1186 – 1187 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1462 – 1463 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5230 – 5231 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1525 – 1526 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1392 – 1393 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4571 – 4572 |
| Holocene calendar | 11470 |
| Iranian calendar | 848 – 849 |
| Islamic calendar | 874 – 875 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 2 (文明2年) |
| Korean calendar | 3803 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2013 |
[ Births
- April 7 - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)
- May 20 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
- June 30 - Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
- July 30 - Hongzhi Emperor of China (d. 1505)
- November 4 - King Edward V of England, one of the princes in the Tower (d. 1483?)
- date unknown
- probable
